Thursday, March 26, 2009

Activist or terrorist? Mild-mannered eco-militant serving 22 years for arson

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/mar/24/marie-mason-speaks-from-jail
Mason's lawyer, John Minock, who filed an appeal against the sentence last week, argues that 22 years is excessively harsh. Mason got a much longer sentence than several militants recently convicted of setting fire to logging camps and vehicles in Oregon and Washington states – including Stanislas Meyerhoff who received 13 years for setting 11 fires and causing $30m in damage.